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At Sprouts last week they were selling all kinds of Bison meat: ground, chuck roast, ribeye, etc. I picked up a package of ground bison meat and a chuck roast. I had big plans for the roast for a Sunday dinner (future post, anyone?) but in the meantime I really wanted to try some of this Bison. According to what I've been reading, Bison is lower in fat and cholesterol than chicken and beef.
I've had a Bison Burger once at Prescott Brewing Co. and loved the flavor so I figured that would be the best way to prepare the 1.17 lbs of Bison I brought home. Since there were only two of us, I prepared 2 burgers with well over a half pound of bison each. Since the meat is so lean, I added a little olive oil to the meat and seasoned it with salt and pepper. A light mix and then I shaped the burgers. I didn't want to add anything else to the meat since I really wanted to taste the flavor of the Bison. The burgers were grilled very quickly (bison cooks up faster than beef) and topped with sharp white cheddar cheese. I sliced up some tomato and onion, some red leaf lettuce to top them off and finally a little homemade horseradish mayo. Serve with your favorite fries - I made garlic oven fries!
The bison burgers, though they looked overcooked when cut open (I like my beef burgers cooked medium), were tender and juicy. The bison flavor really came through with just the light seasoning of salt and pepper. I've heard bison meat described as a "fresh, clean red meat flavor" and I have to say I agree. Also, it doesn't seem to weigh you down as much as beef can. I promptly returned to the store to pick up some more Bison to store in the freezer.
6 comments:
Bison has great flavour but there's no way anyone can take a bite of that burger without halving it.
Fabulous! The burger to end all burgers!
Please give me a bite! :) How did you make your potatoes?
Gay
Gay - I sliced the potatoes up to about 1/4 in thick, tossed them with olive oil, salt and pepper and roasted them in the oven at high heat, 400? for a good 30-40 minutes. I put them in a bowl and tossed them with fresh minced garlic and italian parsley then back on a baking sheet and in the oven for another 10 minutes. They were pretty good! :)
My fiance and I tried ground Bison on a whim one day and we too decided to make burgers. We figured it was wise to modify a familiar recipe since neither one of us had had ground Bison before. It was amazingly good, unfortunately it's super expensive so we haven't had it since.
My fiance and I tried ground Bison on a whim one day and we too decided to make burgers. We figured it was wise to modify a familiar recipe since neither one of us had had ground Bison before. It was amazingly good, unfortunately it's super expensive so we haven't had it since.
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